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by xinwei
Thu Mar 11, 2021 9:01 am
Forum: Basic Concepts
Topic: About L1 Cache
Replies: 0
Views: 13747

About L1 Cache

1.Q: Can Primo Cache not have an L1 cache at all? A: PrimoCache supports only L2 cache, without L1 cache. So, yes. 2.Q: Sleep and Hibernate Fail with L1 caches A: Please see https://forum.romexsoftware.com/en-us/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=5149 3.Q: Is it safe to setup a L1 deferred cache on a laptop s...
by xinwei
Thu Mar 11, 2021 8:35 am
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: L2 cache verification
Replies: 11
Views: 3073

Re: L2 cache verification

Please note that L2 verification is only to verify L2 data stored right at the last bootup, not the data stored before the ungraceful shutdown. Here is a detailed explaination for this. https://forum.romexsoftware.com/en-us/viewtopic.php?p=15667#p15667 Deferred write-data are stored after bootup, so...
by xinwei
Thu Mar 11, 2021 8:18 am
Forum: Basic Concepts
Topic: About L2 Cache
Replies: 0
Views: 13758

About L2 Cache

1.Q: L2 Cache when Defrag HDD A: Please see https://forum.romexsoftware.com/en-us/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=5050 2.Q: why cant i pick l2 A: Try clicking the "Level-2 Cache" icon.To create a L2 storage volume first. Please see https://www.romexsoftware.com/en-us/primo-cache/instructions-crea...
by xinwei
Thu Mar 11, 2021 7:16 am
Forum: Basic Concepts
Topic: block size
Replies: 0
Views: 13748

block size

1.Q: Can someone explain how large block sizes reduce performance? A: Only changed sector (not cluster) will be written.The cache block size is mostly affect the sequential read performance. To get the best or good sequential read performance, we recommend a cache block size equal to or smaller than...
by xinwei
Thu Mar 11, 2021 4:47 am
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: L2 cache verification
Replies: 11
Views: 3073

Re: L2 cache verification

L2 verification is only to verify the data stored at the last good bootup.it does not verfiy deferred write-data during the run time. A power outage or system failure still might result in data loss or corruption.There is no connection between them.
by xinwei
Thu Mar 11, 2021 4:37 am
Forum: Latest News
Topic: [2021-01-30] PrimoCache 4.1.0 released!
Replies: 45
Views: 33178

Re: [2021-01-30] PrimoCache 4.1.0 released!

I am sorry. IgnoreSync has been turned off in the current 4.x and will be improved in the future
by xinwei
Thu Mar 11, 2021 2:17 am
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: Still not sure if to buy PrimoCache
Replies: 6
Views: 1865

Re: Still not sure if to buy PrimoCache

With the Defer-Write feature wear on SSDs can be greatly reduced in three aspects. 1.Consolidate the multiple writes on the same address 2.Support TRIM command to avoid writing deleted data 3.Align and combine small writes to the SSD's block size For more details,please see https://www.romexsoftware...
by xinwei
Wed Mar 10, 2021 8:17 am
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: L2 cache verification
Replies: 11
Views: 3073

Re: L2 cache verification

A power outage or system failure might result in data loss or corruption because in such scenarios the cache has no chance to write data back to the disk.
For more details,please see https://www.romexsoftware.com/en-us/pri ... ation.html